RME Program #1: Employee Discipline in an Education Environment (EDEV)
As a staff development program for school leaders, EDEV examines the key requirements for developing a fair, consistent and defensible disciplinary model for certified and classified staff. The program is supported by dozens of operational best practices for protecting the rights of the accused during all phases of the disciplinary process.
The following is an overview of each of the three modules within the 18 hour EDEV program:
Module 1: Types of Employee Discipline This segment of the program focuses on the most common disciplinary options used in public school districts and charter organizations. During the session, participants will also consider the ways in which disciplinary measures often create risk for districts, schools, and/or members of the leadership team when they are used in either an unreasonable or an inappropriate manner.
Module 2: Grounds for Employee Discipline This segment of the program introduces the Code of Employee Conduct, distinguishes between employee misconduct and lack of professional competence, and provides overviews of the most common categories of inappropriate or unacceptable actions or behaviors that form the basis for disciplinary action against staff in 21st Century Schools. During this session, participants will also examine the role of federal or state statute, Governing Board policy, and the negotiated agreement in the disciplinary process.
Module 3: Executing Employee Discipline This segment of the program explains the basis for several risk-reducing principles that administrators or supervisors must keep in mind when taking disciplinary action with education employees, explains progressive discipline guidelines and reviews the basic framework for investigating alleged acts of employee misconduct or lack of professional competence. During this session, participants will also examine the due process, procedural, and documentation concerns associated with disciplinary actions.
